About

Meet Sarah

Hi! I’m Sarah and I’m the girl behind Run Far Girl. I started blogging in 2010 after my daughter was born to give voice to the “revelations” that this change in life brought about (it all seems like a BIG revelation when it is happening to you for the first time). Instead of walking around muttering under my breath to myself, I flung my thoughts at a blinking cursor to an imaginary “audience” on the internet and found it deeply satisfying-even if those thoughts were just about coffee, the luxury of showering, lack of sleep and finding time to run. At least I felt like I had a voice.

On these pages I’ve shared uniquely personal struggles, like my journey to complete freedom after a nine year battle with anorexia and bulimia, as well as the difficulty of watching our infant son go through several surgeries to correct a congenital birth defect. I dish about the absolute frustration and pure love that seem to coexist in my role as “mom.”

And the backdrop to it all-the thread that weaves it all together? Running. For me running has been the proving ground of selfhood. In the movement, in pushing my body to it’s physical limits, I’ve found a confidence and wisdom that no other pursuit has provided. Running is where I find both a calm and quiet and a raging relentlessness-the deepest aspects of my person. Simply put, running is when I am most “me.”

And that is what I share with you here.

Welcome! I can’t wait to get to know you!

Sarah

Embrace the Hill

Shop for a Cause

Life is filled with “hills:” seemingly insurmountable obstacles that catch us by surprise, lay waste to our resolve, threaten our hope and leave us feeling weak and powerless. That’s what it felt like the night that our son Jack was born. He was born with a congenital birth defect. Undetected by ultrasound, we were shocked to learn there was something wrong with our son. His diagnosis and subsequent MRI and multiple surgeries were incredibly difficult.

I knew that if I could just embrace the difficulty and move forward, we would be OK. There was no other way to get through it. So you lean into it. You embrace it. The difficulty becomes your new normal and you find joy there. And then you get to the top. You breath. And you’re stronger for the journey. That’s what “Embracing the Hill” is all about. As with anything that seems impossible often times, when you lean into it, and when you learn to embrace it you gain the power to conquer it.

Now Jack is a healthy and happy little boy, but we are trying to give back to families that face difficulty just like ours. Putting my favorite running mantra onto t-shirts proved to be a the perfect way to give back to the hospital that gave us so much: a healthy son. Which is why 10% of all proceeds go directly to the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the hospital where Jack received care.

Rise. Run. Retreat

Women's Running Retreat

There’s something special that happens when women come together and run. The connections we make through running can be life-changing, which is why Jesica D’Avanza of runladylike.com and I founded Rise.Run.Retreat. The intimate gathering we have created empowers the women who attend to realize their potential as we run, relax, learn from each other and form friendships that will last a lifetime. Through the sweat and miles of this weekend retreat, we share our unfiltered selves–laying the foundation for self-discovery and community-building.